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Charles Harry

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Charles Harry

Associate Research Professor
charry@umd.edu
301-405-3267
 Hornbake Bldg. South Wing, Room 4105K

BIO

Dr. Charles Harry, with a joint appointment at the UMD College of Information and School of Public Policy, is a senior leader, practitioner, and researcher in intelligence, cyber operations, and international cybersecurity. Harry is the director of the UMD Center for Governance of Technology and Systems (GoTech), serves as the operations director for the university’s Maryland Global Initiative for Cybersecurity (MaGIC), and is a Senior Research Associate at the UMD Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM).

Dr. Harry’s research focuses on the development of an analytic framework for assessing cybersecurity risk including the ability to categorize and measure the impact of cyber events. He is also part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Cyber Advisory Panel, has regularly appeared before congressional committees to provide testimony, and is an active consultant to a wide range of public and private organizations. Prior to joining UMD as faculty, Dr. Harry grew and led a $35 million cybersecurity consulting organization and had a 14-year career with the National Security Agency.

FOCUS

The development of an analytic framework for assessing cybersecurity risk.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Cybersecurity analysis
  • Risk modeling
  • Cyber operations

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Public Policy, University of Maryland

RECOGNITION

  • Recipient of the Director of National Intelligence Extraordinary Achievement Medal
  • Recipient of the Signal Intelligence Career Achievement Medal

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